SE4All Consultation Workshop 14 June 2015 Mohammad Alauddin

1. Mohammad Alauddin
Joint Secretary
Power Division
Ministry of Power, Energy & Mineral Resources
Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
14 June 2015
SE4ALL Consultation Workshop 2015

2. Access to Electricity
Envision to provide access to affordable and reliable
electricity to all by 2021.
Access to Electricity is 70% including 10% RE
Access to electricity enhancement through BREB in
rural area & IDCOL in off-grid area.
Of late SREDA is promoting RE & EE activities.

3. Solar Home System (SHS)
Woman Technician Installing Solar Home Systems

4. IDCOL’s SHS Program
Supply
Equipment
Pay for
Equipment
Seeks grant & loan
Provide grant & loan
IDCOL
Technical
Standards
Committee
Suppliers
Seeks approval
Provides approval
Household
Sells SHS &
provide
service
Pay down-
payment &
installment
Operations
Committee
Seek operation related
solutions
Provides Solutions
NGO/POPO Selection
Committee Select POs
Applies
Dev.
Partner
Grant &
soft term
credit

5. Fund Flow & Role of Partners
• Provides
grant and
soft loan to
IDCOL
• Provides
policy
support
• Maintain
system
• Repay loan
in monthly
installments

6. Mode of Financing: An Example

7. Quality Control Mechanisms
Informs POLodges complain
Takes remedial measure

8. IDCOL’s SHS Program
Program Target : 6 million SHS by 2018
Program Achievement : 3.64 million SHS by April 2015
Number of Beneficiaries : 16.4 million people (10% population)
Power Generation : 142 MW
Fossil Fuel Saving : 200,000 ton/year
Job Creation : 70,000 people
IDCOL Investment : About USD 600 million
Source: Infrastructure Development Company Limited

9. Challenges & Mitigations

10. Success Factors
 Innovative financing structure - Ownership model
 Financial contribution of all parties
 Sustainable business model
 Cost-efficient standardized technical design
 Quality control and after sales service
 Development of local support industries
 Bangladesh’s micro-finance experience
 Support from the Government, the World Bank & other
development partners

11. Replicability Potential : Prerequisites
 Micro-credit experience of the private sector agencies
 Adequate financial support from the donor agencies
 Availability of concessionary credit facility to the executing agencies
 An agency to ensure collaboration among all parties
 Development of local support industry
 Strong quality control mechanism
 Active support from the government i.e. fiscal benefits
 Ensuring customer ownership in SHS

12. Women Engagement
IDCOL started preserving information on female
beneficiaries since 2012. Of all beneficiaries under
IDCOL’s SHS Program 27 % are women.
IDCOL has been providing customer training since
2007 & a total of 912,479 customers had been trained.

13. SHS Program: Women Engagement
• Increase mobility of &
entrepreneurial ambitions
among women.
• Provide women with
extended working hour.
• Longer period for
children's study.
• Encourage women to start
small business .

14. Women Engagement
Awareness
Trust
Capabilities
Empowerment

15. Women Engagement
Since January 2013, around 433,271 customers had
been trained covering 6.5% women.
Currently 45 POs are working under SHS Program &
have a total of 33500 staff at different levels.
Around 370 staff are women & 99 staff are working
in MIS/IT/Technical department.
About 3000 women technicians have been trained by
Grameen Shakti(PO).

16. Gender Gap: Region’s Best Performer
Source : Bangladesh Bank (April’15)